Milford students to send experiments to space

1:11 PM,
Aug. 29, 2013

Fifth-grade teacher Steve Heck has developed a program he calls a 'life-changer,' which he plans to test with the Milford School district's fifth-grade students and expand throughout the county and state.

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Fifth-grade teacher Steve Heck will speak to businesses and possible investors in early September about Milford's Spaceflight Experimental Design Challenge.

Heck said superintendent Bob Farrell wants him to limit his spiel to 10 minutes. After spending nearly 90 minutes in an interview talking about the program, he said that could be a challenge.

"Dr. Farrell did a study that showed in the first year (of the program) we could affect the lives of 10,000 people - students, parents, grandparents and business people," Heck, who teaches at Mulberry Elementary, said. "Everything is going to ...